Supreme Court
Supreme Court asks for mandatory Third party insurance for two, four-wheelers
Insurers can’t reject an insurance claim on grounds of delay
Living wills not likely to affect insurance Claims
National Insurance Co, driver to pay Rs 16 lakh compensation for mishap: Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded a compensation of Rs 16.27 lakhs to the wife and four children of a police head constable, who was killed in a road accident in 2004. Read more
Labourers not covered by insurance
The Supreme Court ruled last week that an insurance policy of a motor vehicle did not cover employees of a person who hired the vehicle to carry goods. “Someone who travels, not being an authorised agent in place of the owner of goods, and claims to be an employee of the owner of goods, cannot be covered by the statutory policy,†the court stated in the judgment, Sanjeev Kumar vs National Insurance Company. The dispute arose when a person hired a vehicle to carry his goods and took along with him two employees. All of them died in a road accident. The Himachal Pradesh High Court, modifying the order of the accident claims tribunal, asked the insurance company to pay compensation and allowed it to recover from the owner of the vehicle. Therefore, the owner appealed to the Supreme Court. The appeal was dismissed. Read more